Every small world has people who serve as tools. They are cannon fodder, male supporting characters, and villains, all destined to become stepping stones for the world's chosen ones.
Until their resentment began to disrupt the workings of the small worlds.
Ye Bei, a top agent at the quick transmigration bureau, volunteered for the mission. Taking a brand-new little System, he headed straight into different small worlds to play out the stories in place of those tool characters.
Ye Bei: Follow the original plot?
Not a chance. If I'm following a plot, it'll be a power fantasy.
[The real young master is hated by everyone?]: The real young master was maliciously switched by his adoptive mother for twenty years. After the truth came out, both sets of parents rejected him, while the fake young master had a beloved-by-all plot and sailed smoothly through life. The real young master jumped off a building in despair and killed himself.
Ye Bei: If neither set of parents wants me, I'll turn around and cultivate immortality in the mountains.
Two years later, a youth dressed in white soared through the air on a flying sword. He was accidentally captured on a livestream, and from that day forward, the Age of Cultivation began.
People across the world: Ye Bei, you're our god!
The fake young master's face twisted with jealousy. Both sets of parents were filled with regret and tried to find the child they'd never loved.
People across the world: Get lost! Stay away from our Grandmaster!
[The little ghost trapped beneath a seal]: Killed by his biological father and sealed in the old house, this ghost child brought good fortune to his family. He never got to see the mother who kept searching for him, and eventually his spirit dispersed completely, while the family's heir enjoyed one stroke of luck after another.
Ye Bei: Since my birth chart is extremely yin, I'll cultivate until I become a Ghost King.
From then on, the whole family lived under the shadow of the Ghost King, suffering a fate worse than death. The heir who should have enjoyed endless good fortune instead became plagued by bad luck, choking even on a sip of water.
The eight-year-old Ghost King could manifest in broad daylight, radiating overwhelming yin energy.
The supernatural community despaired: It's over. We can't beat this Ghost King.
Just as they were preparing to die alongside the Ghost King, they saw the little Ghost King politely go to the police station to report a case, then say in a childish voice, "I want to find my mom."
The supernatural community: Find her! Dig up every inch of the earth if you have to. Give her whatever she wants, the best food and drink, and a few big villas to raise the child in.
We must make sure the Ghost King sees the good and beauty in this world.
The fate of this world depends entirely on the Ghost King's mother.
The Ghost King swept across the sky on black clouds. As everyone watched in fear and awe, he darted straight into the arms of a haggard-looking woman and called, "Mom."
From then on, she had the Ghost King protecting her. No one could bully her, not even ghosts.
The whole world instantly grew envious: We want the Ghost King to protect us, too!
[The stand-in idol becomes a smash hit]: As a tool character and a stand-in for an award-winning actor, the protagonist dutifully takes care of a newcomer and maintains a malicious persona to make his junior fellow apprentice look good. In the end, he's framed by the junior's rumored lover, kicked out of the company, and dies by suicide after falling into depression, while the junior becomes a top-tier star.
Ye Bei: Since I can't prove I didn't leak the company's secrets, why not make the accusation come true and destroy the company single-handedly?
Scandals soon came to light: executives exploiting newcomers, bullying within the group, and the popular junior being a criminal. Everyone at the company realized their careers had been ruined because of the junior, and they were dragged down with him and treated like rats in the street. All his senior fellow apprentices wished they'd stayed away from him and missed the award-winning actor he had once made them look down on.
Ye Bei: Get lost. I'm busy conquering Hollywood.
In the end, Ye Bei became a phenomenal idol, driving the development of other industries and raising everyone's income. People lived better lives.
Theme: Sincerity is the ultimate weapon